Button



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP HALIsH, or cHIoAco, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON.

sPncIPIcAa-Ioiv forming part f Letters'ratent No. 295,769, dated March25, 1884.

Application tiled June 8, 18H3. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHILIP KALIsH, of Ghicago, 'in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Buttons; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the artto which my invention relates to make and use the same, reference be inghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof', and in which-Figure l` represents a vertical elevation of the shank of the button.Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the fastener as it comes from the dies.I '-Fig. 3 represents a sectional elevation of the button with itsVshank inserted into the fastener at e, and the fastener bent or doubledupon itseli'readyto receive the button. Fig.

4 represents the button completed and attached to a piece of cloth.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a button that can be cheaplymade, and which can be attached without the use of any auxiliarymechanism, substantially as hereinafter shown.

In the drawings, a represents the shank of a button, made of a roundpiece of wire, and provided at its end that enters the button with barbsor a screw-thread, and, of which the outer end is conically pointed atc, and immediately above the-base of the cone are cut two parallelnotches, b. The conical point is made sharp enough, so that it may forceits way through the cloth by sufficient pressure. The

. fastener is stamped from sheet metal in the form of two disks, cZ cZ,connected by a neck, Z. In the center of the disk dis a hole, g, whichwill admit the base of the cone c, and near itscircumference is anotherhole, e, of like diameter, forming one end of a slot, f, which extends`beyond the center of the disk d. The fastener is next bent into the formshown in Fig. 3, and is then ready for use.

In fastening such buttons to garlnents, the point c is forced throughthe cloth and then through the hole e, and the shank Z so turned thatthe two notches b will pass into the channelror slot f, the bottomsofthe notches moving against the sides of the slot, so that the base ofthe cone forms two hooks, which hold on the fastener. Then the button ismoved inthe direction shown by the arrow until it has arrived at theother end' of the channel f, I

and then the cone c will be opposite the hole g. rPhe members d d arethen pressed together, as shown in Fig. 4, the cone c entering the `holeg, and the button It is securely attached to the cloth Z.

The slot f might all be made in the part d; but in the manner shown itsecures the button more perfectly, and is not so liable to be lost ifthe member d should accidentally be pulled from its place.

Vhat I claim isl. The combination, with the shank a of a button,provided with parallel notches b b, of the fastener formed of themembers d d', con# nected by a neck, Z, and whereof the center of thepart d is provided with a hole, g, and the part ZZl with the holes e andslot f, adapted for use as set forth.

2. In combination with the shank a, provided with parallel notches b band cone c, the fastener formed of the parts d cZ, connected by a neck,Z, and whereof the center of the -part (Z is provided with a hole, g,and near its circumference with a hole, e, connected with a slot, f,extending to or beyond the center of the part cZ, adapted for use as setforth.

. PHILIP IALISH. dfitnesses:

WM. ZIMMEEMAN, O. M. PARsoNs.

